(n) the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19, Syn. Ram, Aries the Ram
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‖ prop. n. [ L. ] 1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram. [ 1913 Webster ]